Former Cannon AFB Sgt. arrested on child porn charges

Clovis, New Mexico - A former United States Air Force Sergeant in Clovis has been arrested on six child pornography charges.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says 33 year old Christopher Garcia was arrested Thursday afternoon. He was indicted Friday morning on three counts of Receiving Child Pornography and three counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

The indictment alleges Garcia knowingly received and possessed images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct between December 2011 and January of 2012. If convicted, Garcia faces between 5 and 20 years for each offense.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday morning in Albuquerque and will remain in custody until then.